Friday, February 1, 2013

Review of the Next Forever by Lisa Burstein

Description:

One night in college can change everything…

Away
at college, Amy just wants one night alone without her high school
sweetheart, Joe. So when he invites her to go to the library, she heads
off on her own instead. How she ended up at a house party with the
mysterious bad-boy Trevor is another story…

Joe so isn’t going to
the library. He needs space from Amy, too, so he’s decided to rush a
fraternity, to get back the swagger he had in high school. But it
doesn’t take long for the brothers to invite him to the real rush here
the beer is flowing and one particular girl has set her eyes on Joe.

Over
the course of one wild night, both Amy and Joe will have to decide if
their futures belong with two new people, or whether the next forever
will have their first loves in it.

Review:This book was a little confusing for me. I got this book for review and it sounded pretty good so I was anxious to read it. Throughout the whole book, I felt like I was in the middle of something and I wasn't in the loop.Let me just say that I am not a fan of novellas. I didn't know when I picked it up that it was one. Also, The Next Forever turned out to be a sequel to Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein. I never read that one, so now I understand my confusion.This would be a great novella if I knew it was a sequel going into it. The POV alternated between Joe and Amy. I found their dialogue endearing and their characters likeable. I enjoyed the story itself and how the situation resolved itself in the end. Overall, this was an enjoyable story that I would recommend to fans of Pretty Amy. This novella gets three glittery stars!

Book one:

Description:

Amy is fine living in
the shadows of beautiful Lila and uber-cool Cassie, because at least
she’s somewhat beautiful and uber-cool by association. But when the
girls get stood up for prom and take matters into their own
hands—earning them a night in jail outfitted in satin, stilettos, and
Spanx — Amy discovers even a prom spent in handcuffs might be better
than the humiliating “rehabilitation techniques” now filling up her
summer. Even worse, with Lila and Cassie parentally banned, Amy feels
like she has nothing — like she is nothing.

Navigating unlikely
alliances with her new coworker, two very different boys, and possibly
even her parents, Amy struggles to decide if it’s worth being a best
friend when it makes you a public enemy. Bringing readers along on an
often hilarious and heartwarming journey, Amy finds that maybe getting a
life only happens once you think your life is over.Buy it here on AmazonBuy it here on Barnes and Noble

Book 1.5

Description:

One night in college can change everything…

Away
at college, Amy just wants one night alone without her high school
sweetheart, Joe. So when he invites her to go to the library, she heads
off on her own instead. How she ended up at a house party with the
mysterious bad-boy Trevor is another story…

Joe so isn’t going to
the library. He needs space from Amy, too, so he’s decided to rush a
fraternity, to get back the swagger he had in high school. But it
doesn’t take long for the brothers to invite him to the real rush here
the beer is flowing and one particular girl has set her eyes on Joe.

Over
the course of one wild night, both Amy and Joe will have to decide if
their futures belong with two new people, or whether the next forever
will have their first loves in it.

Book 2:

Description:

What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do?

You’d
think getting sent to Turning Pines Wilderness Camp for a month-long
rehabilitation “retreat” and being forced to re-live it in this journal
would be the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.

You’d be wrong.

There’s
the reason I was sent to Turning Pines in the first place: I got
arrested. On prom night. With my two best friends, who I haven’t talked
to since and probably never will again. And then there’s the real reason
I was sent here. The thing I can’t talk about with the guy I can’t even
think about.

What if the moment you’ve closed yourself off is the moment you start to break open?

But
there’s this guy here. Ben. And the more I swear he won’t—he can’t—the
deeper under my skin he’s getting. After the thing that happened, I
promised I’d never fall for another boy’s lies.